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Effects of stable stratification on turbulent/nonturbulent interfaces in turbulent mixing layers
Author(s) -
Tomoaki Watanabe,
James J. Riley,
Koji Nagata
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
physical review fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 2469-9918
pISSN - 2469-990X
DOI - 10.1103/physrevfluids.1.044301
Subject(s) - turbulence , buoyancy , stratification (seeds) , mechanics , mixing (physics) , reynolds number , neutral buoyancy , stratified flows , stratified flow , kolmogorov microscales , physics , geology , turbulence kinetic energy , k omega turbulence model , seed dormancy , germination , botany , quantum mechanics , dormancy , biology
Numerical simulations of the turbulent/nonturbulent interface in stably stratified turbulent mixing layers determine the statistical properties near the interface, such as the inner structure of the interface, the characteristic length scales and buoyancy Reynolds number, and the effects of buoyancy on the small-scale turbulence dynamics.

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